Comet/Asteroid loading range

[Wizard Kerbal]

I recently launched a mission to rendezvous with a comet, and the closest approach is now 1.4 kilometers. My current separation is ~500 km, and I’m wondering what range it loads, because I don’t want to suddenly warp into it, ending the mission prematurely.

[jimmymcgoochie]

They load into view at ~2.3km I believe, as soon as they enter physics range. Comets are pretty big, but they’re not that big- 1.4km should be plenty of room to miss it.

I recently had an incident in RSS where I approached an asteroid and it loaded in, only the asteroid was bigger than physics range so my little probe ended up inside it, with predictable results...  At stock scale though, comets and asteroids are much smaller so there’s no danger of that happening; just watch your approach speed so you have time to slow down beside it.